Technology @lemmy.world Five @slrpnk.net 8 mo. ago

Sam Altman fired as CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI in shock move

www.aljazeera.com Sam Altman fired as CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI in shock move

AI startup says Altman was ‘not consistently candid in his communications with the board’.

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I imagine this is about financial chicanery or sex pesting but the funniest outcome would be if they just replaced him with ChatGPT to save money. If there’s any job a chatbot can do today, it’s CEO.
- financial chicanery
  
  I'm sure he's failing to find further funding in the current interest rate market and their business model frankly has no profitability end in sight. Running all those computing resources for free is a road to ruin.
  
  It actually seems to be the opposite - Altman focussing on commercialization, whereas the board wants to continue the non-commercial focus.
  
  I really hope this is the case.
  
  Not to mention be sued by everyone whose copyrighted work was used.
AI has been replacing the board members and now has control of the company
- The evitable conflict looms
The reasons are probably fairly boring but it'd be kinda funny if they hit AGI and now everyone is in freakout mode behind the scenes.
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This is a turning point that could be either really good or bad, depending on who you ask. Senior developers also left due to the news.
Guess he wasn’t open after all.
Isn’t this this the plot of Silicon Valley?
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Chat GPT would've given him a heads up if he asked...
Didn't everyone leave the company? I was reading that also the head of research is gone
- All of the senior positions are now listed as Clippy. I have a bad feeling about this...
  
  I see you're trying to govern the human race. Would you like help with that?
  
  All good bro, they automated their processes with AI, so now they need fewer employees
  
  /s
Awful lot of comments here pretending he didn't rape his sister. I wonder why.

Edit: I love that the replies I'm getting literally prove my point. Real repulsive shit.
- There was a series of three tweets and no follow-up. I wouldn't necessarily assert it so strongly.
  
  ... she's talked about it multiple times for two years. Sort of a gross look to pretend a victim hasn't discussed being a victim on multiple occasions. Do you work for his PR group, or are you just a toxic fan?
- Huh?
  
  What's the question? His sister has talked about him raping her multiple times. But since he's got a lot of sci-fi weirdo fans that sweep that kind of thing under the rug for him, he hasn't really had to address it.
  
  Most of the comments in this thread are about "I mAgINe if AI Did IT?"
- Because its both irrelevant to the topic (unless that's the reason he was fired, which I doubt) and a mere allegation. Innocent until proven guilty.
  
  I'm betting the board doesn't think incest rape is good for the brand. Good thing he has heroes like you to defend him, otherwise raping his sister might actually tarnish his image.

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